President's Secretariat15-August, 2009 10:6 IST
Press Note -: President’s Secretariat

             The President is pleased to award the Certificate of Honour to the following scholars of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian:

SANSKRIT

1.

Prof. Kompella Ramasuryanarayana

2.

Prof. (Dr.) Vachaspati Sharma Tripathi

3.

Dr. Ramakant Shukla

4.

Prof. Vishwa Murti Shastri

5.

Dr. N.S. Anatha Rangachar

6.

Dr. N. Gopala Panicker

7.

Dr. Sudyumna Acharya

8.

Prof. Keshao Ramrao Joshi

9.

Dr. Bhagaban Panda

10.

Dr. (Smt.) Kamal Anand

11.

Pt. Badari Prasad Shastri

12.

Pt. Annadur Rajagopala Chariar

13.

Prof. Ram Chandra Pandey

14.

Prof. Ashok Kumar Kalia

15.

Dr. Samiran Chandra Chakrabarti


            SANSKRIT (INTERNATIONAL)

1.

Prof. Sheldon Pollock

            PALI/PRAKRIT

1.

Dr. Dharma Chandra Jain

ARABIC

1.

Prof. Shabbir Ahmad Nadvi

2.

Prof. (Dr.) Shah Abdus Salam

3.

Shri Abullais Ansari

            PERSIAN

1.

Prof. (Smt.) Rehana Khatoon

2.

Dr. Mohd. Yaseen Quddusi

3.

Prof. Syed Mohammad Tariq Hasan

            In addition, the President is also pleased to award the Maharshi Badrayan Vyas Samman to the following scholars of Sanskrit and Persian:-

SANSKRIT

1.

Dr. Chandra Bhushan Jha

2.

Dr. Malhar Arvind Kulkarni

3.

Dr. Sachchidanand Mishra

4.

Dr. Narayan Dash

5.

Dr. Sashibhusan Mishra

            PERSIAN

1.

Dr. Asad Ali Khurshid

            The distinction is conferred once a year on the Independence Day in recognition of substantial contribution in the field of Sanskrit, Pali/Prakrit, Arabic and Persian.

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President’s Secretariat UO No. 22(9)/2009-CA(II), dated 13.08.2009


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